Fischer, Gayle V. <br/><br/>
Pantaloons and Power :  A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (276 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who Wears the Pants? -- 1. Perfecting America: Antebellum Reform, Fashion, and Antifashion -- 2. The First Dress Reformers: New Harmony, Indiana, 1824-1827 -- 3. Pantaloons in Private: Health and Religious Dress Reform before Freedom Dresses -- 4. Pantaloons in Public: Woman's Rights and Freedom Dresses -- 5. Out of the Closet: Health and Religious Dress Reform after Freedom Dresses -- 6. "I'm Coming Out as a Bloomer": Eccentric and Independent Dress Reformers -- 7. What Happened to Dress Reform? -- Epilogue: Women Wear the Pants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612772677 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century.<br/>Women''s rights -- United States -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT610 -- .F57 2001eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>391/.2/097309034